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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| How One Airline Skirts the Ash Clouds |
| 2010-04-22 |
| While the EUnik bureaucrats shut everything down, we Yanks have already figured out what to do about flying when volcanic ash is nearby. All they had to do is ask us...... Alaska Airlines knows volcanic ash. Its decades of experience navigating around volcanic eruptions in Washington and Alaska could prove useful as airlines return to Europe's ash-plagued skies. Among the lessons: Pilot training, computer modeling to accurately predict ash trajectories and regular testing of the skyways when eruptions occur are crucial to maintaining safety and keeping planes flying. The Alaska Airlines experience suggests a volcanic eruption in Iceland doesn't have to ground all flights in Northern Europe--there are ways to work around it. Logic, common sense, the scientific method, and curiosity helps. |
| Posted by:Alaska Paul |
| #1 Over here, we work with the Alaska Volcanic Observatory for seismic data to monitor volcanoes, then correlate that with satellite imagery, working together with the FAA and the airlines. You and your fancy scientific voodoo! |
| Posted by: bigjim-CA 2010-04-22 20:00 |